CMN 3109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Scholasticism, Kenneth Burke, Thumos
26 Jan 2018
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Dictionary: comparison not using like or as. Metaphor is a rhetorical device for seeing something in terms of something else. It brings about the thisness of a that, or the thatness of a this. (kenneth burke, four master tropes , Metaphors help us to see things form a different perspective. Why? communication is an idea that was developed over time. It takes work to see something from a different perspective. If you are confused, that"s a symptom of the work of thinking- you"re trying to sort out competing claims. Metaphors reveal contradictions in our lives and though. Our purpose is not to resolve them but to identify their competing premises. Religious themes come up often historically because of the motivation to find ways to share and communicate religion and scripture. Trying to connect the country of france. Metaphor (if we can call it that) of breath: 1) thumos and the phrenes are the organs that feel.
